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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stephanie Liechtenstein and Abby Sewell

UN watchdog finds uranium traces at suspected Syrian former nuclear site

Slovenia Politics - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said Tuesday that its inspectors found traces of uranium at a site in Syria believed to be part of a clandestine nuclear program by the former government.

Syria under former President Bashar Assad is believed to have operated an extensive undeclared nuclear program, which included an undeclared nuclear reactor built by North Korea in eastern Deir el-Zour province.

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